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we have the healthcare, and i think we'll all be happy with that. then climate change, by the time they decide to take it up, the house did not have enough momentum to make it through the senate. effort was made. forces were rallied. didn't get there in time. i think the question now people will be looking throughout the energy world and people who care about this issue what's next? what are we going to do if we can't get a major cap and trade legislation, what can we do along the way? that's where a lot of planning has come on. and one of the positive things to happen, you've been a leader on let's build the green economy. if we had more solar if we had more wind, ultimately these things would help. you're right, it did take a backseat initially, and it didn't have momentum. >> gavin: let's talk about what to do as opposed to who is the blame. the old adage we have to get in the "how" business. how do we reduce greenhouse gas emissions and grow an economy. you talk about the green economy. of course you note that in the last debates the one frame w
we have the healthcare, and i think we'll all be happy with that. then climate change, by the time they decide to take it up, the house did not have enough momentum to make it through the senate. effort was made. forces were rallied. didn't get there in time. i think the question now people will be looking throughout the energy world and people who care about this issue what's next? what are we going to do if we can't get a major cap and trade legislation, what can we do along the way? that's...
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healthcare reform actually very far from ideal but look, it's more than any democratic president has done. that's a pretty big deal. and i think education reform with the grants are also really important. so he has done stuff but what is interesting to me, and i don't fully understand is, why not campaign on that? >> eliot: robert has made a point. chrystia you're right. in terms of wealth, income and. >> healthcare was a distraction because he followed hillary clinton's advice. he didn't have a single payer. he didn't have any robust public option. he did nothing to control costs nothing. >> but isn't it better than nothing? >> look, if i lived in a swing state i would vote for obama no doubt about it. romney scares me. he wants to give wall street a bank check. he is a greater evil. >> eliot: you were clear you said he's the lesser of two evils. >> obama. >> eliot: yes. you did not describe him in the affirmative vote. >> you know this better than i do. when you put lawrence sumners in and timothy geithner, you are clear about it. i would have voted for you. that's why i came on th
healthcare reform actually very far from ideal but look, it's more than any democratic president has done. that's a pretty big deal. and i think education reform with the grants are also really important. so he has done stuff but what is interesting to me, and i don't fully understand is, why not campaign on that? >> eliot: robert has made a point. chrystia you're right. in terms of wealth, income and. >> healthcare was a distraction because he followed hillary clinton's advice. he...
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good men and women of afscme, the largest public and employee public healthcare worker's union. for more information about their good work under president lee saunders, i was up in new york with the good men and women of d.c. 37. go to afscme.org. chris kofinis in studio with us as a "friend of bill." peter, what have you got? >> we're tweeting at bpshow at bpshow. first of all on sandy we talked a little bit about christie and barack obama appearing together. a friend on twitter says president obama has worked hard for all americans since day one. we can see it more clearly now because of his response to hurricane sandy. on the bailout ad that we have out there that mitt romney is trying to push this dishonest ad eric oppenheimer says is romney so conceded he think he doesn't have to be held accountable for what he says? >> bill: yes. >> apparently he is because he is running this ad. >> aria writes even if obama walked on water or turned water into wine, the right wing would still talk down to him. >> i don't know about that. if you can turn water into wine, that would be -- >
good men and women of afscme, the largest public and employee public healthcare worker's union. for more information about their good work under president lee saunders, i was up in new york with the good men and women of d.c. 37. go to afscme.org. chris kofinis in studio with us as a "friend of bill." peter, what have you got? >> we're tweeting at bpshow at bpshow. first of all on sandy we talked a little bit about christie and barack obama appearing together. a friend on...
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we hoped those as major hospitals, part of the infrastructure of our healthcare system would be immune, would have the back-up generators. any other hospitals facing the sorts of problems that forced those two hospitals to evacuate and if not when will those two be back online? >> well, you know, bellevue had a significant problem way beyond generation. they had a problem in the entire switching network and a number of other systems in the hospital that were affected by this storm and by the surge. nyu, i'm trying to think what it was. but it was also more than just the generator. the generator was good. bellevue's generator was older but nyu's was good but they had serious switching problems and so there became a much bigger problem and systems problem. that's why they were evacuated. we evacuated downtown, usually called downtown beacon, that hospital really because it was heavily affected by the surge and we thought it made sense and the hospital, i think essentially agreed with us. it was a relatively small population. as any others know, i think we're really turning the corner on
we hoped those as major hospitals, part of the infrastructure of our healthcare system would be immune, would have the back-up generators. any other hospitals facing the sorts of problems that forced those two hospitals to evacuate and if not when will those two be back online? >> well, you know, bellevue had a significant problem way beyond generation. they had a problem in the entire switching network and a number of other systems in the hospital that were affected by this storm and by...
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all of the trade organizations during healthcare reform said we're okay with slowing the rate of growth. the only ones who didn't agree to it, the insurance companies. >> stephanie: there you go. >> everyone else said fine. >> so the take away is obama is destroying medicare. >> as long as that was clear. [ applause ] >> stephanie: once you wind up the healthcare bot -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jim, you might have to disconnect her. >> reboot. >> stephanie: larry in michigan you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi larry. >> caller: hi, steph, how are you? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: i've got a point about remembering what happened here four years ago. comparison and contrast, i would like to see the democratic party put an ad in showing that when bill clinton left his office, he created 22 million jobs. he balanced the budget and he had a surplus. and then go back to eight years of president bush's term. where he -- this is a clip now. a distress look, almost looked like he's crying and that he announced that the economy was going down in a spiral. and a spiral downward
all of the trade organizations during healthcare reform said we're okay with slowing the rate of growth. the only ones who didn't agree to it, the insurance companies. >> stephanie: there you go. >> everyone else said fine. >> so the take away is obama is destroying medicare. >> as long as that was clear. [ applause ] >> stephanie: once you wind up the healthcare bot -- [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jim, you might have to disconnect her. >> reboot....
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and guided our nation's international relations in rough waters insured landmark universal access to healthcare and pushed historic social policy with respect to immigration and civil rights. his challenger is supply-side reagan omics disciple who says he is fit to lead. he says he has a plan but when asked over and over for specifics can't produce. the arithmetic doesn't work. he's a governor who shares the social views he embraced to get to the primaries. he became a meyer pawn of the radical republican party, not a leader of it. on issue after issue the choice couldn't be more clear. not only because president obama is right to most of them but bus he leads on all of them. i think he could have handleed politics and policies differently, but he has been decisive strong and consistent. important qualities in a president. his opponent is a self-described etch-a-sketch. the antithesis of leadership. i had no choice but to laugh when i hear people argue that mitt romney would be a better leader than president obama. that romney would better connect with the american people. middle class workers
and guided our nation's international relations in rough waters insured landmark universal access to healthcare and pushed historic social policy with respect to immigration and civil rights. his challenger is supply-side reagan omics disciple who says he is fit to lead. he says he has a plan but when asked over and over for specifics can't produce. the arithmetic doesn't work. he's a governor who shares the social views he embraced to get to the primaries. he became a meyer pawn of the radical...
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it did not get fixed through healthcare reform because it was too expensive. >> stephanie: right. >> and there are parts of health care reform that pay medicare doctors more. so there's actually provisions within the health care law that will pay primary care physicians more money. >> stephanie: right. that's what i'm saying people want to blame obama for everything. it becomes a punch line. >> and if you tell them it is untrue they say no, no no no. and go on. >> stephanie: yes. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: mitt romney took his claim that president obama has stolen $716 million from medicare, do the next level, seniors mostly likely will be unable to see specialists because of obamacare. >> did you see the one too i think in virginia where he say there was a barbecue place that went out of business and blamed it on obama. and it turns out they had a lot of health care violations -- >> they were washing their hands in poop. >> yeah. and he is attacking gas prices there are videos in the kiosks so it's really throw anything at the wall and see what sticks -- >> t
it did not get fixed through healthcare reform because it was too expensive. >> stephanie: right. >> and there are parts of health care reform that pay medicare doctors more. so there's actually provisions within the health care law that will pay primary care physicians more money. >> stephanie: right. that's what i'm saying people want to blame obama for everything. it becomes a punch line. >> and if you tell them it is untrue they say no, no no no. and go on. >>...
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he was pro healthcare, now he's against it. this is the one guy, i mean when they said that thing about the etch-a-sketch move boy, have we seen that. have you seen such a radical departure to the middle. he runs to the far right, then the middle, and he tries to recreate himself every moment. but the american people are smart, and we do not have amnesia. >> eliot: i hope people pick up on it and say we can't vote for a president who is lacking in core values and is not tethered at all to core principles. but the editorials endorsing mitt romney say he's showing the flexibility that he needs to negotiate. there is a difference between flexibility and complete absence of value structure. this is what troubles me, that many are falling for it. >> all politics are local. you look at an editorial like the "des moines register," and i don't want to impugn anybody's integrity, but i'll only say this. it has gotten him a lot of attention. sometimes it's not about right or wrong but sensation. now of course those folks will have to be,
he was pro healthcare, now he's against it. this is the one guy, i mean when they said that thing about the etch-a-sketch move boy, have we seen that. have you seen such a radical departure to the middle. he runs to the far right, then the middle, and he tries to recreate himself every moment. but the american people are smart, and we do not have amnesia. >> eliot: i hope people pick up on it and say we can't vote for a president who is lacking in core values and is not tethered at all to...
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the country has struggled with that concept during the healthcare debate and we're struggling with it again today. but the payoff is worth the fight. and now is the time to take action. and to finally create a national energy policy which i think we should call our new manhattan project. at a minimum, it would do a national energy policy would do four things. first, it would create demand for renewable energy. we could start by deciding to get 25% of our energy from renewable resources by 2025. then ratchet it up from there. second, a national energy policy would make key investments in research and technology and in this antiquated energy infrastructure with things like smart grid technology to transport renewable energy. third, an energy policy has to be conservative. to save energy, to conserve, to find ways to use it efficiently and sparingly. and finally a national energy policy would enlist private businesses to manufacture the products that create and generate renewable energy. things like solar panels, wind turbines, they should be made here in america. we shouldn't have to bu
the country has struggled with that concept during the healthcare debate and we're struggling with it again today. but the payoff is worth the fight. and now is the time to take action. and to finally create a national energy policy which i think we should call our new manhattan project. at a minimum, it would do a national energy policy would do four things. first, it would create demand for renewable energy. we could start by deciding to get 25% of our energy from renewable resources by 2025....
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everything from healthcare to the economy. and a time when the government's gotta step in to help, for example, our auto industry. to even disaster relief. and so yeah, if -- if -- let's say north carolina's doing a good job the governor of north carolina is doing a good job, then they get disaster relief. but if you got a governor, i'm saying maybe like in mississippi who doesn't give a crap and doesn't have anything in place the people of mississippi suffer. that's why you need fema. and remember, jimmy carter made fema a cabinet agency. george bush, bill clinton tao too. george w. bush put it in the bowels of the homeland security. then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are pro
everything from healthcare to the economy. and a time when the government's gotta step in to help, for example, our auto industry. to even disaster relief. and so yeah, if -- if -- let's say north carolina's doing a good job the governor of north carolina is doing a good job, then they get disaster relief. but if you got a governor, i'm saying maybe like in mississippi who doesn't give a crap and doesn't have anything in place the people of mississippi suffer. that's why you need fema. and...
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the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care so much about mitt romney winning. leaders given romney $300,000 and restore our future pac romney's pac $225,000. by the way, without the medicare wasting money on this, as we have already found out they are scooter store would go out of business. these are these great free market capitalists that actually have terrible companies but they get propped up by the government, and they get people like mitt romney in office saying bad government, what a joke right mark? here is another $500 million from the american people. run your crappy company based on whatever contract you get. let's go to lee fong who wrote the story about it, the community wri
the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care so much about mitt romney winning. leaders given romney $300,000...
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the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care so much about mitt romney winning. leaders given romney $300,000 and restore our future pac romney's pac $225,000. by the way, without the medicare wasting money on this, as we have already found out they are scooter store would go out of business. these are these great free market capitalists that actually have terrible companies but they get propped up by the government, and they get people like mitt romney in office saying bad government, what a joke right mark? here is another $500 million from the american people. run your crappy company based on whatever contract you get. let's go to lee fong who wrote the story about it, the community wri
the good news under president obama's healthcare program we would save that $72 million. we would note give it in fraudulent claims. the american taxpayers saves half a billion dollars. mark leader do not like that. they want it to go from the american taxpayer and straight into their pocket and then call on you through the government. how much has the scooter store given in lobbying? they've given $900,000. i wonder why they care so much about mitt romney winning. leaders given romney $300,000...
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our dads who are struggling with figuring out how they're going to plan for their retirement and have healthcare. do all of those -- you know, nonsuper human activities. >> stephanie: reaminggy, it is interesting. here we go, the pundits the story is how is this going to affect the election. how is this playing? i'm sorry. you can -- not to politicize it, you can see the difference in the last couple of days. here's mitt romney saying he's not having a campaign event which is clearly a campaign event. the president is just doing his job. that's why when you have someone like chris christie go on and on about what a great job he's doing, i mean even when mitt romney is caught on tape, reggie, you go it is all about him talking about how he's going to win and be president and the politics of it. i think you've just got the feeling that it isn't about that with president obama. >> i think you're spot on. i think mitt romney obviously ran bain capital for several years. one of my college teammates goes to church with mitt romney which is a little awkward for me. >> stephanie: awkward. [ laughter ] >
our dads who are struggling with figuring out how they're going to plan for their retirement and have healthcare. do all of those -- you know, nonsuper human activities. >> stephanie: reaminggy, it is interesting. here we go, the pundits the story is how is this going to affect the election. how is this playing? i'm sorry. you can -- not to politicize it, you can see the difference in the last couple of days. here's mitt romney saying he's not having a campaign event which is clearly a...